The Man With the President's Letters Wants Seattle's Post Office

R. G. Graves is a candidate for postmaster of Seattle, and he stands high in the esteem of President Cleveland. Mr. Graves was appointed chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing by Mr. Cleveland, a position he held for about twenty-two years. He was a Republican, but he left his party to vote for Cleveland; when the sheriff of Buffalo arrested a certain lawbreaker, Graves went over to the Cleveland ranks. He carried with him to the State of Washington letters of recommendation from Ex-President Cleveland, Gardet M. [—] and other personal friends of the President. These letters were all written on the same kind of paper and bound up into a neat morocco volume, which Mr. Graves prizes very highly and still exhibits to admiring friends and acquaintances.

There is no doubt that Mr. Graves stands high in the President's esteem, for at a recent convention over which Mr. Cleveland presided, his name was mentioned, and the President said: "He is a man whose word I would never dispute." It has also been noted that since Mr. Graves went to Seattle, honors have been suffered to rise for those of his friends to whom he has been kind.

If Mr. Graves wants to be postmaster of Seattle, however, it will be necessary for him to settle a matter with the delegation. One little thing has been brought up here against Gen. Graves, which may be mentioned in this connection: that the gentleman has never voted for President Cleveland in the State of Washington.